Thanks for your help Bev, you have rescued me many times on this site.

I have a question/thought on this subject.

I have recently upgraded my Vostro 200's CPU to the latest and cheapest 3.0 Ghz Celeron Dual Core (about 50.00 GBP) which was possible because of the latest BIOS upgrade (1.0.16 at April 2011).

If I use the faster RAM mentioned by Osprey above (Crucial recommends DDR2 PC2-6400 • CL=6 • Unbuffered • NON-ECC • DDR2-800. They have the 2GB (2x1GB modules) for $54) does anyone know if it is possible to have 8 GB of RAM rather than 4GB RAM with the latest BIOS upgrade and latest processor, or is the limit definitely 4GB?

Hi sir this is sheroz ahmed from pakistan plz help me i have dell vostro 200 slim core 2 duo i want to upgrad and make faster my cpu but i don,t know about cpu hardware tell me about rams what type of and how much increase..and what type of 2 gb graphic card support my cpu...and how i upgrade bios plz tell me in detail

Hi sir this is sheroz ahmed from pakistan plz help me i have dell vostro 200 slim core 2 duo i want to upgrad and make faster my cpu but i don,t know about cpu hardware tell me about rams what type of and how much increase..and what type of 2 gb graphic card support my cpu...and how i upgrade bios plz tell me in detail

shary bill

The Vostro 200 slimline, has a G33M02 motherboard, this supports a maximum of 4gb of DDR2 RAM, [either 4 x 1gb, or 2 x 2gb modules].

All the instructions/procedures for flashing the BIOS are listed on Dell's Vostro 200s Drivers and Downloads section, that is listed at the end of this page, please read them carefully as a failed BIOS update can cost you a new motherboard.

Any of the following processors are compatible with the Vostro 200s Foxconn G33M02 motherboard :

I have a Dell Vostro 200 slim desktop. It is loaded XP; but having used it satisfactorily for past 6/7 years, now the streaming most websites very slow. Is it anything to do with MS suggesting to change the OS to Win 7 or 8? How to resolve this?

2) Is it possible I can use a Sodimm DDR 2, 800-1 gb -200 pins SO Dimm (single or need to use only in pairs?)

I'm running Win 7 on an Inspiron 530, that is a clone of the Vostro 200, without any issues

You could perform a clean reinstall of XP, to clean out all the accumulated garbage, that may have collected over the years. but as Microsoft has no longer supported XP with updates since 2014, this would seem to be an exercise in futility.

No, you cannot use Sodimm DDR2 memory, this is not supported by the Vostro 200s, it's primarily for Laptops.

How much DDR2 memory is there already installed in the Vostro 200s?

Bev.

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